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Female Pied Bush Chat (Saxicola caprata) by alabang, on Flickr
The Pied Bush Chat (Saxicola caprata) is a small passerine bird found ranging from West and Central Asia to South and Southeast Asia. About sixteen subspecies are recognized through its wide range with many island forms. It is a familiar bird of countryside and open scrub or grassland where it is found perched at the top of short thorn trees or other shrubs, looking out for insect prey. They pick up insects mainly from the ground, and were, like other chats, placed in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now considered as Old World flycatchers.
They nest in cavities in stone walls or in holes in an embankment, lining the nest with grass and animal hair. The males are black with white shoulder and vent patches whose extent varies among populations. Females are predominantly brownish while juveniles are speckled.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Bush_Chat
Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candaba,_Pampanga
Settings: 1/500 ƒ/5.6 ISO 160 500mm
Notes: Framed as is, no crop & handheld
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dolina said:
Female Pied Bush Chat (Saxicola caprata) by alabang, on Flickr
The Pied Bush Chat (Saxicola caprata) is a small passerine bird found ranging from West and Central Asia to South and Southeast Asia. About sixteen subspecies are recognized through its wide range with many island forms. It is a familiar bird of countryside and open scrub or grassland where it is found perched at the top of short thorn trees or other shrubs, looking out for insect prey. They pick up insects mainly from the ground, and were, like other chats, placed in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now considered as Old World flycatchers.
They nest in cavities in stone walls or in holes in an embankment, lining the nest with grass and animal hair. The males are black with white shoulder and vent patches whose extent varies among populations. Females are predominantly brownish while juveniles are speckled.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Bush_Chat
Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candaba,_Pampanga
Settings: 1/500 ƒ/5.6 ISO 160 500mm
Notes: Framed as is, no crop & handheld
Beautiful capture, dolina. Well done.
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Thanks serendipity.
Chestnut Munia, (Lonchura atricapilla) by alabang, on Flickr
The Chestnut Munia is 11–12 cm in length. The adult has a stubby pale grey-blue bill, black head, and brown body, with a brick red patch on the lower back, visible only when it flies. Some races also have a black belly.
The sexes are similar, but immature birds have uniform pale brown upperparts, lack the dark head and have white to pale buff underparts.
The Chestnut Munia is a small gregarious bird which feeds mainly on grain and other seeds. It frequents open grassland and cultivation. The nest is a large domed grass structure in a bush or tall grass into which 4-7 white eggs are laid.
Philippine birds
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_Munia
Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candaba,_Pampanga
Settings: 1/250 ƒ/5.6 ISO 160 800mm
Notes: Hand-held shooting. Cropped 10.7MP from 16MP frame
Chestnut Munia, (Lonchura atricapilla) by alabang, on Flickr
The Chestnut Munia is 11–12 cm in length. The adult has a stubby pale grey-blue bill, black head, and brown body, with a brick red patch on the lower back, visible only when it flies. Some races also have a black belly.
The sexes are similar, but immature birds have uniform pale brown upperparts, lack the dark head and have white to pale buff underparts.
The Chestnut Munia is a small gregarious bird which feeds mainly on grain and other seeds. It frequents open grassland and cultivation. The nest is a large domed grass structure in a bush or tall grass into which 4-7 white eggs are laid.
Philippine birds
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_Munia
Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candaba,_Pampanga
Settings: 1/250 ƒ/5.6 ISO 160 800mm
Notes: Hand-held shooting. Cropped 10.7MP from 16MP frame
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Don Haines said:
Hey man, at least you WERE mooned by a snow owl...they stay completely out of human sight and only moon each other around here... ;P
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Mark, welcome to CR and those are great shots, particularly the Tawny Frogmouth chicks and Noisy Miner!
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